Research Ethics and Paradigms

Anonymous

  1. Look up a definition of the scientific paradigm and compare the standards, assumptions, and expectations with the social scientific paradigm. Where do the two approaches agree and diverge?
  2. You have significant experience with classroom communication. Reflect on your years and write down a list of classroom communication behaviors you can recall. Apply the standards of empiricism to your list. What communication behaviors were observable and could count as data for a social scientific study?
  3. Use a search engine to find the homepage for the Journal of International and Intercultural Communication. Dig around on the site until you find the manuscript submission guidelines.

a. Does the journal use a double-blind peer review process?

b. What style(s) does the journal accept for manuscript submissions?

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